1. U.S. and Local Economy: An Update the Mobile Society for Human Resource Management June 12, 2015 Posted: semoonchang.com

2. Impact of Economy on Human Resource Management  Recession: Keep employees and inventories to minimum  Growing economy Increase in hiring Increase in turnovers  What if future is uncertain?

3. Growth Rate of Real GDP (%) Lackluster recovery?

4. Projection of the U.S. Economy by the Federal Reserve in %

5. Public Debt  How much? $18,000,000,000,000 total ($60,000/person) $450,000,000,000 annual interest $1,500/per person per year  Long-term impact? What if no one is willing to lend Higher interest rates Slowing economy & loss of jobs Limit what gov’t can do during emergency (big recession or war)

10. Employed Persons January 2014 to April 2015

11. Rate of Unemployment Jan 2014 to April 2015: falling LFPR

13. Employment: Mobile County by Month

14. Penny Sales Tax Revenue by Month to Mobile County: 2005-2015

15. Mobile Co. Sales Tax Revenue by Month

16. Lodging Tax Revenue to Mobile County: 2005 to 2015

17. Mobile Co Lodging Tax Revenue by Month

18. #Homes Sold by Month: Mobile MLS

19. Average Days on the Market by Month: Mobile MLS

20. Selling Price: Mobile MLS Jan 2012 to April 2015

21. Employer Costs (W&S+Benefits) (Source: BLS: National Compensation Survey, quarterly; Latest Release: June 10, 2015; full report at YG-semoon)

22. Components of Fringe Benefits (Source: BLS: National Compensation Survey, quarterly)  Legally required: Social Security, Medicare, federal & state unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation.  Insurance: health, life, and short-term and long-term disability.  Supplemental pay: overtime, premium pay, shift differentials, and nonproduction bonuses.  Paid leave: vacation, holiday, sick, and personal leave.

24. Quality of Life in Graphs

25. MS Net Gaming Revenue 2014 by month (CC=$1.08B RC=$0.99B)

26. MS Net Gaming Revenue 2014 by month (State=$127.8M Local=$82.8M)

27. MS-GC Net Gaming Revenue by Month since Beginning to 2015

29. Some Sites  http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerper kins/internet-trends-v1 (2015 Internet trends) http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerper kins/internet-trends-v1  https://angel.co/greenhouse (for recruiting) https://angel.co/greenhouse  http://www.guidespark.com/ (employee communications & engagement) http://www.guidespark.com/

30. By the way: Generations  Baby Boomers: born 1946 to 1964  X: born 1965 and 1977; perceived to be disaffected and directionless.  Y: People born in 1978 or later; known as Gen Y because they came after Gen X; called Baby Boom Echo or Millennials (relating to a span of thousand years?).

31. Millennials I of II  % of workforce 6% in 2000 35% in 2015  Top 3 most valued work benefits Training & development Flexible working hours Cash bonus (next: free health insurance, etc)

32. Millennials II of II  Tech Savvy Prefer to collaborate online Use personal smartphones at work Use downloads for work purposes  Work values Not a team player Narcissistic  Excessive or erotic interest in oneself  Inflated idea of own importance

33. Global Competition: Internet Business (presentation in order)  Top five global public e-commerce companies (gross merchandise value in 2014): Alibaba/Taobao, Amazom.com, eBay, JD.com, and Rakuten  Top five smartphone shipment in 1Q 2015: Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, Samsung, and Levono  Top 5 Mobile % of total I traffic: Nigeria, India, South Africa, Indonesia, and Poland

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